From "Confidential to Shakey"?, dated 29 Mar 2000? Where did it go? I got printed copy, need internet version. Thank you.

-- First you see (itnowyou@don't.com), April 02, 2000

Answers

Go to "New Answers" and scroll down about 30 threads.

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002s1v

-- not a sysop (notasysopp@notasysopp.xcom), April 02, 2000.

Relax, it's right here...

Confidential To Shakey

-- cin (cinlooo@aol.corn), April 02, 2000.

Are people STILL this stupid on this forum? "first you see" HONESTLY doesn't know how to find a thread in the archives?

Geez, its no wonder EY and GN were so successful in their FUD.

Get some net education people; BEFORE you start posting!

*sigh*

-- (oh@brother.!), April 02, 2000.

My Dear Oh@Brother,though I hesitate to address you as such. You, in your localized world of I.T. speak small of my inexpertise in your small arena. You perhaps think, your arena is "the happening", and the rest of the folks are just plain stupid. What kind of vehicle do you drive? Can you "fix it" when it breaks? Or do you have it towed to your local dealership, and you wind up several hundreds of dollars poorer, and you smile and smirk, after you have been held hostage and raped. God gave different people, different talents. Our life Talent, has been labor gained, with the God Given knowledge, of working on autos, to escape the rape of the money makers car fixer's. Set yourself up in your Kingdom of I.T., and never ever offer a kind hand to those new in your arena. Your profession just seeks to place it'self on high platitude, kinda like a Graven Image. My chosen profession is handling 2M. Different Strokes, you understand.

-- May the Bird (ofp@rdisefly.com), April 02, 2000.

maythebird....

you rock! hows about workin on my car. =)

-- cin (cinlooo@aol.corn), April 02, 2000.

Cin, whatas matter with your vehicle? I am most ignormangus, but I can consult with die hards, each with a expertise in their arena. The "expertise" comes from a car club, some mighty nice folks, put their heads together, Fer God's Sake, doesn't anyone have a definitive answer? Nope, doesn't appear so, guess we can only seek to help, one another.

-- May the bird (ofp@radise.com), April 02, 2000.

Thanks cin for the hotlink, I'm not computer savvy myself but I am learning. I have more respect for a car mechanic than I do some other professions. BTW, if you want to hotlink on EZboard, it automatically does it for you.

-- not a sysop (notasysopp@notasysopp.xcom), April 02, 2000.

Dear Brother and May the Bird-

Jeeze-have a little tolerance for those of us newbies. We're tryin' to learn (and get some information at the same time). How 'bout a little help instead of the harsh criticism? After all, patience is a virtue, or so we're led to believe. What can YOU offer in the way of education as opposed to such negativism?

-- Aunt Bee (SheriffAndy@Mayberry.com), April 03, 2000.

May the Bird, was justified in his post.

-- ~~~~~ (~~~@~~~.xcom), April 03, 2000.

My pet peeve about this forum's format is that a thread doesn't (appear to) tell you what subdirectory (such as awareness, misc, etc.) it's filed under. If it did, it would be easy to find even if not in "new answers".

Frank

-- Someone (ChimingIn@twocents.cam), April 03, 2000.